2014年ESL之日常生活 14 An Unwelcome Business in the Neighborhood
时间：2018-12-27 作者：英语课 分类：2014年ESL之日常生活
An Unwelcome Business in the Neighborhood
Patricia: Finally! That empty building has a new tenant 1. That’s great for the neighborhood.
Francois: Think again. The new tenant plans to open a strip club.
Patricia: A strip club in the middle of a residential 2 neighborhood?! That must be a violation 3 of city ordinances 4. The city won’t allow that.
Francois: I’m not so sure. The tenant has already started moving in and there is no sign that the city is going take action.
Patricia: Then we have to do something to let the city know that we object to a strip club going into that space.
Francois: Good luck getting the city to do anything, much less file an injunction. The mayor is very pro- business and it won’t look good if he tries to shut down any business that could bring revenue and jobs to this dying town.
Patricia: But at what cost? Our kids will have to walk past the strip club every day to and from school. That’s outrageous 5!
Francois: I suggest channeling that energy into action. If we make a stink 6 and get media coverage 7, maybe we’ll get some action.
Patricia: Good idea. How can we get the local media to cover a neighborhood protest?
Francois: How about nude 8 picketing 9?
Patricia: I think that would send the wrong message.
Script by Dr. Lucy Tse
- The tenant was dispossessed for not paying his rent.那名房客因未付房租而被赶走。
- The tenant is responsible for all repairs to the building.租户负责对房屋的所有修理。
- The mayor inspected the residential section of the city.市长视察了该市的住宅区。
- The residential blocks were integrated with the rest of the college.住宿区与学院其他部分结合在了一起。
- He roared that was a violation of the rules.他大声说，那是违反规则的。
- He was fined 200 dollars for violation of traffic regulation.他因违反交通规则被罚款200美元。
- These points of view, however, had not been generally accepted in building ordinances. 然而，这些观点仍未普遍地为其他的建筑条例而接受。 来自辞典例句
- Great are Your mercies, O Lord; Revive me according to Your ordinances. 诗119:156耶和华阿、你的慈悲本为大．求你照你的典章将我救活。 来自互联网
- Her outrageous behaviour at the party offended everyone.她在聚会上的无礼行为触怒了每一个人。
- Charges for local telephone calls are particularly outrageous.本地电话资费贵得出奇。
- The stink of the rotten fish turned my stomach.腐烂的鱼臭味使我恶心。
- The room has awful stink.那个房间散发着难闻的臭气。
- There's little coverage of foreign news in the newspaper.报纸上几乎没有国外新闻报道。
- This is an insurance policy with extensive coverage.这是一项承保范围广泛的保险。